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Why do airlines ask people to get off an overbooked flight?

With all the controversy over the recent dragging of a United Airlines passenger this past week or so, I can't help but wonder one thing... Why do they even have to ask in the first place?

While I've never seen anyone dragged off a plane before, I've been on quite a few flights where the airlines have made announcements asking for volunteer passengers willing to accept a cash payment in exchange for giving up their seats. That's pretty common, because airlines traditionally overbook seats due to the potential for last minute cancellations.

If overbooking explains the reason for their volunteer program, what I can't understand is why they have a need to ask passengers who have already been seated. That's is what d... [More]

We have cars that can take control to prevent accidents. Why can't planes do it too?

Let's face it. In the wrong hands, a commercial aircrafts is a massive weapon, yet we don't have any safeguards against pilots using them as a missile?

It's not like we don've have technology to make them safer. Today's cars can not only apply the brakes when they sense an accident, but they can even take over the steering. In fact, Google's fully autonomous car doesn't even have a steering wheel and it's been proven to be safer than a car that has one.

There have been automatic pilots in planes for decades. They can already take off, land and navigate without pilot intervention, so it doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize these systems would be perfect as an autonomous self-defen... [More]

I've had this idea in my head for almost 15 years. We need to stop focusing on stronger doors and taking away nail clippers. Let's render the planes incapable of harming human life.

Right after 9/11, when everyone focused on beefing up security and locking the pilot's door, all I could think of is... Who cares about the door? Just make sure the plane has a self-defense system that blocks ANYONE from intentionally causing harm with the plane. We all know the bad guys went to flight school to learn how to be pilots. It would only be a matter of time before the bad guys didn't need weapons to get into the cockpit, because they would eventually find a way to become actual pilots.

We have planes today that can take off, fly into a war zone, drop bombs with pinpoint accuracy, t... [More]

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